h. captivity the Cockatoo becomes easily domesticated, and proportionately destructive. Nothing 
,•«,!,»(•> :uniss to its powerful, ingenious beak, which seems to concentrate within its mandibles Hie whole 
Functions of i carpenter's kit ; it will -rind off the carvings of a cabinet with as much facility as it will pick out 
the stuffing Of I saddle. It is, however, not all bad; if kindly treated it becomes very affectionate, and its 
clever antics and linguistic capabilities, besides its attractive snowy white form, are a full compensation for its 
mischievous propensities. 
Pi r breeding purposes these birds are dependent upon locality in the choice of their nest; it may be in 
the hollovi limb of d gum tree or in the fissure of a rock, where two pure white eggs are laid, elongated in shape. 
Down the Murray, where white olifiFs border the river's edge, the whole face of the cliffs is honeycombed by the 
Deetfl of these Cockatoos, who return there year after year for the special purpose of depositing their eggs in the 
crevices. 
All the plumage of the body is white, slightly tinged with yellow on the upper and under parts of the 
wingfl ; the crest, which consists of thirteen acuminated feathers in the adult male and twelve in the female, is 
of B bright chrome-yellow, lying back from the forehead in quiescent moments, but rising in a semi-circular 
coronal in times of irritation or pleasure; i rides, white; eyes, black ; beak, blackish grey; feet, grey. No 
difference is perceptible in the sexes beyond that already mentioned. 
Habitats: Queensland, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria, South Australia, South Coast of New 
( i uinea. 
The illustration is about three-quarter life size. 
